Chris Rea

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Soup Of The Day"

"Soup Of The Day"

Well she thinks she's looking so cool
She thinks she's great but she's just a fool
What awful lack of class makes this kind behave this way
I look and only think of one thing to say
Soup, she's just soup
Soup of the day

She's thin around the waistline
Thin around the brain
You see this type so many times
Time and time again

How could they really think
They'd be treated in any other way
Everybody's looking and everybody say
Soup, she's just soup
Soup of the day

Well you'd think they'd know better
That behaving in this way
They think they're being clever
But I really have to say
You'd better think it over
You'll regret it one fine day
When the circus party's over
And you were just soup of the day
She's just soup
Soup of the day

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Speed"

"Speed"

I got speed
I don't know where I'm going
But I've got everything I need
I got a picture
Trapped inside my head
How I think that it should be
Oh, I got speed

I got speed
But the man in the suit he won't let me
I got wheels
And the sound of them always sets me free
I got speed, I got speed

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Square Peg, Round Hole"

"Square Peg, Round Hole"

He's a square peg in a round hole
Misfit in a slick world
Don't play the game
Don't do what he's told
He's a square peg in a round hole

Square peg don't care
The bright lights he's not there
Catch the shadows see him slip away
Square peg that's what they say
Square peg, Suare peg

Square peg, you have got to be strong
Square peg, he's got his own song
Square peg, I'll see you around
Square peg, face down

Square peg, round hole

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Standing In Your Doorway"

"Standing In Your Doorway"

There'll be no moon tonight
And the stars won' t light the sky
There are women on the streets
But there's no loving in their eyes
Feeling weary, tired and wishing
I was standing in your doorway now

There'll be dancing flames
Something better cooking slow, perfume heavy
And all the lanterns turned down slow
Oh that lucky, oh that lucky man
Who's standing in your doorway now

I'm a wandering man, you'll never tie me down
Lifelong sailor, but how I wish I was homeward bound
At this moment, tired and wishing
I was standing at your doorway now

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Steam Train Blues"

"Steam Train Blues"

Steam train goes so fast
Goes so far away
I hear that engine sing
Listen to what it say
Gonna get me on that track
Get on board some day

Hear that whistle blow
She cry out in the night
See the flame light a smokestack
Such a beautiful sight

She tell me she going somewhere
And everything going to be alright
Steam train blues

She's in the distance now
But I still hear her piston roar
She's in the distance now
But I still hear her piston roar
Ain't coming back no more

Steam train blues

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Steel River Blues"

"Steel River Blues"

Wherever I go, whatever I do
There'll always be a smile I knew
Upon the grey
How it lit the sky
As we dreamed our dreams
And let the young days go by
But there'd come a time
We used to say
We'd both have to part
Just to get away
But the reasons were the same for me and you
To try to kick away the fear we knew
Call them
Steel river blues

How the years went by
Too damn fast it seems
As we followed through
Our young and desperate dreams
You know me so well and I know you
And to the world it seems we both got through
But only you and me know
What is really true
The only thing we never got to do
Kick away
Those steel river blues

You know me so well and I know you
And to the world it seems we both got through
But only you and me know what is really true
The only thing we never got to do was
Kick away
Those steel river blues

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Stick By You"

"Stick By You"

I'm gonna stick by you, everyday
I won't let you down now
No matter what they say
I won't let them get to you, no way
I'll stick by you
I'm going to stick by you
Now I know
No matter what tomorrow brings
I won't let you go
I won't let them get to you, oh no

I'll stick by you
And when the laughter seems to fade away
And Mr Sun becomes a rainy day
Oh I don't matter cause you'll know anyway
I won't let you down
I'm gonna stick by you
I'll stick by you

Going to stick by you, now I know
No matter what tomorrow brings
I won't let them get to you, no
I'll stick by you, I'll stick by you
I'll stick by you, I'll stick by you

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Stick It"

"Stick It"

The steel mill closes down tonight
As the dying embers fade
And all the guys are too tired for tears
Checking their final pay
Those razored sabres of steel they made
They never got to hold
So many sold, millions
Silence in the bar tonight
And some aren't even here
And red eyes gaze uncertainly
Deep down into their beer
And the Holy Ghost surrounds you with faith
And peace of mind
And love is all around you everywhere

Stick it
Stick it out

We're sure if you try
You'll get by
Find a way

Stick it
Stick it out

We're sure if you try
You'll get by
Find a way

They tell you it's all over
They don't need you anymore
You hear him shout "bring the next one in"
As you're walking out the door
Decisions for so many dictated by so few
A free man for the first time
What are you gonna do now

Stick it
Stick it out

We're sure if you try
You'll get by
Find a way

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Still Beautiful"

"Still Beautiful"

I see a million torn up moments
of the rarest happiness
Each one a dancing snowflake
A piece of memory

It's the ghost of days gone by
Lay them tight across this old town
In the silence of your smiling face
You move to me

And you are still beautiful
You are still beautiful
In this cold white night
Still shining bright
Still beautiful

Regrets the cold wind that I know
and it will not let me be
and hopes your smiling face
can still can set me free

And you are still beautiful
You are still beautiful
In this cold white night
Still shining bright
Still beautiful

fox69 · 17.11.2017

"Still Trying To Clear My Name"

"Still Trying To Clear My Name"

You heard all the stories
You heard what they say
This stuff's so outdated
I can't believe I have to live this way
There's been so many seasons
Years of thunder fire and rain
So many years since I got free
And I'm still trying to clear my name
Still trying to clear my name

Like an old prize-fighter
everybody wants to punch
i even try to take a fall sometimes
just to get back to my lunch
I get it so many times
I swear I'll go insane
So many years now since I got framed
And I'm still trying to clear my name

Let me tell you it's getting closer
Closer by the day
I'm loosing my soul
When I'm hearing what they say
I try to be polite
I try to smile
And walk away
Sometimes it gets me so bad
I'm gonna loose it in a big way

So many years
Since I've gone straight
So many years of shame
And I'm still trying to clear my name